The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-12
WY PEOPLE BECOME BALD.
An Interesting Address on the Loss of Hair
The Remedy Therefor.
London Standard.

london Standard.
AT the opening meeting of the British Tricho-
delivered by MIR g. H Wheeler. who said it
was the object of the British Theological AS
sociation to trace the loss of hair to its true
causes to investigate the secrets of nature, and
learn the physiological actions of remedies that
would beneft and assist nature to repair dis
ordered functions. Out of IL, 900 men upon the
Medical Register he believed that scarcely
twenty had made special study of the hair
Hair falling might be induced by one cause
only, or by several acting together or in sue
cesSiou. facilitating influences nerve troubles
excitement, care, worry, blood diseases heredi-
tary predisposition. occupation, climate,
chanical obstruction, mental emotion, bad ven
tilation, high temperature, vegetoid plants.
and animal parasites. The cause of badness
not in the hair shaft. but in the family
function OF nutrition, and although there were
In this country some 500 900 so-called hair
aressers, their treatment had proved practically
lmpotent to prevent, arrest or modify the pro-
gress Of badness. The association was en-
deavorng to establish hospital for the treat
ment of hair diseases with staff of tricholo-
gists and periodical lectures and demonstrations;
and it behooved them to impress upon the ma
ton the ACCESSIBILITY of giving the association
charter, and compelling every trichologist to
pass examination before being allowed to
practice
The habit of keeping the hair dry and free
from some kind of grease to assist the depressed
powers of the hair was to his mind source of
great deal of badness Out of $50 subjects be-
tween the ages of % and so who had passed I'M
der his observation ninety-two were either bald
getting so, and the curious fact brought
to light that sixty-one out of the ninety-two
were wine-drinkers.
In fifty habitual spirit drinkers, men of SINH
lar ages, he found partially bald and
eleven quite bald. Among total abstaners,
the other hand he found nine partly bald and
seven totally bald out of fifty. After obtaining
these statistics he took note of fifty .beer-drink
Ing drunkards," the investigation resulting in
the discovery that five were partly bald ana
four quite bald. 1t was only fair, however, to
add that the spirit-drinkers were we'll to-do
while the beer-drinking drunkards belonged to
the very poorest classes.
On another occasion he made notes of 140
bald persons of mixed classes and of various
ages This showed that Al wore full boards 43
shaved nearly the whole face, Al shaved only
the chin, and shaved only the mustache. thus
showing that the beard had little to do with
badness as cause. In his experience
since 1879, when this matter began to especially
engage attention, he not able to demon
strate concusively the transmission of any
special fungus Or parasite from lower animals
TO in this excessive hair falling
badness.
He had never been in position to do this
perimentally, yet his conviction was that the
dog and the cat were often the cause of some
hair loss; and PSYCHOLOGISTS should study and
test the question when they had an opportunity
of witnessing the commencement of extensive
hair falling, when no other cause could with
certainty be proved or even assigned for it. 1t
becoming increased belief that dogs
were subject to some unknown disease which
saused badness to human beings Cases of this
kiAd had been brought within his view and had
induced him to give good deal of attention to
the subject,
In one instance Mr.. Wheeler said, gentle
man. artist, had large black retriever dog
whose coat had suddenly become gray, in fact,
almost white, and it was being shed in such
large quantities that he could not be had in the
house without everything he touched being COW
cred with hairs The gentleman had beauti-
eGl head of hair when he first spoke about the
dog, but when he came again the next year he
was quite bald. He also said the female servant
that attended the dog had lost nearly the whole
IF her hair.
For himself he was convinced that the con.
EnuoEs electric current was the most active
and efficient hair stimulant of the day. 1t
a remedy of great therapeutic value when used
as an accessory to other remedies.